This might be the solution. RSS readers could serve as a general link aggregators (like HN), but with immediate listings of the latest content from your favorit

This might be the solution. RSS readers could serve as a general link aggregators (like HN), but with immediate listings of the latest content from your favorite sites. Too bad most just prefer to get rid of RSS entirely. On the other hand, I don't necessarily dislike the email model (especially when having dedicated address just for newsletters) but it's much less comfortable than RSS and quite limiting from the publishing standpoint (given how far behind emails are behind modern Web). Personally I still try to have RSS in all my content websites (with full content) as I'm primarily thinking about reach rather than ads. The ones that I haven't implemented RSS for yet, are just because it was more challenging or required more effort when integrating with e.g. CMS or something.